B2B Integration : A Practical Guide to Collaborative E-commerce

xiv B2B Integration — A Practical Guide to Collaborative E-commerce
The organization of chapters is as follows:
Chapter 1 — Introduction
This chapter introduces the subject of B2Bi and collaborative e-commerce,
providing a roadmap for a successful B2Bi implementation. It covers
the key features required in a B2Bi solution and its return on investment
(ROI).
Chapter 2 — Components, Benefits, Challenges and
Applications of B2B Integration
This chapter provides an overview of all the major components of
B2Bi. It discusses the benefits enterprises would reap and the obstacles
they may be confronted with during the process of implementation of
B2Bi. Furthermore, it introduces some of the most important B2Bienabled
applications to the readers.
Chapter 3 — Integration Patterns
This chapter explains the different types of B2B integration patterns:
data oriented integration (data replication; extract, load and transform
solution; data warehousing; and data federations), portal oriented
integration, direct application integration (API, RPC processes) and
business process oriented integration (closed and open processes). It
discusses the right B2Bi implementation pattern for individual companies.
Chapter 4 — Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
This chapter describes the integration of internal systems, such as
legacy applications, CRM, SCM and ERP, which constitute the backbone
of B2Bi implementation. It also provides an introduction of the leading
commercial EAI brokers and convergence and divergence of EAI and
B2BL